By GENE STOUT In an interview last week, Northwest singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile revealed that she has left Columbia Records, her longtime label, to chart a…
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By GENE STOUT Seattle singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile, whose voice is among the most powerful and stirring in the Northwest, calls her new CD “a rock…
Read Full ArticleLucinda Williams, Brandi Carlile, Go-Go’s and more at 2011 ZooTunes
The 2011 BECU ZooTunes concert series opens with Taj Mahal June 22 at the Woodland Park Zoo. Other performers in this year’s series include Lucinda…
Read Full ArticleThe Go-Go’s get a boost from the Girl Scouts during ‘Ladies Gone Wild’ tour
The things you learn by perusing your Inbox. Last week I found out that “We Got the Beat,” The Go-Go’s’ proto-girl-power anthem, “is the Girl…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT PREVIEW: Joe Pug brings his inspired tunes to ZooTunes series
By MIKEL TOOMBS Singer-songwriter Joe Pug, who opens Wednesday (Aug. 11) for the remarkable Levon Helm Band at the Woodland Park Zoo, has earned quite…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Mary Chapin Carpenter finds her ‘Calling’ at zoo
Mary Chapin Carpenter has returned to the road in an age of miracles. The singer-songwriter’s last concert tour, following release of her 2007 album “The…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Texas troubadours Steve Earle and Joe Ely at ZooTunes
By MIKEL TOOMBS Wednesday (June 30) was the evening of the Texas troubadour at ZooTunes, the Woodland Park Zoo’s summer concert series whose 2010 season…
Read Full ArticleZooTunes summer concert series opens June 27 with Jewel
The 2010 ZooTunes summer concert series kicks off June 27 with Jewel and Radney Foster. Among the other performers: Steve Earle with Joe Ely June…
Read Full ArticleWoodland Park Zoo visitors will soon make a hassle-free grand entrance
Woodland Park Zoo visitors, as well as those attending concerts on the north meadow this summer, will pass through the new West Entrance opening May…
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